Tech Project Manager (Cyber/IT Focus)

Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with a Cyber/IT focus to lead and coordinate complex Department of Defense (DoD) cyber, information technology, and modernization projects within a matrixed environment. The successful candidate will oversee multidisciplinary cyber defense, software development, network engineering, cloud engineering, systems administration, and IT architecture teams to achieve program cost, schedule, performance, risk, quality, and contract objectives. This role translates technical cyber and IT requirements into executable project plans and maintains effective customer engagement across multiple concurrent modernization efforts.
Responsibilities:• Manages program activities, including cost, schedule, performance, risk, contract compliance, and customer deliverables across multiple concurrent DoD cyber and IT modernization projects.• Develops and maintains Work Breakdown Structures, Statements of Work, staffing plans, cost estimates, integrated schedules, risk registers, Master Equipment Lists / Bills of Materials, and other required project artifacts.• Leads and coordinates matrixed teams across cyber defense, software development, networking, systems administration, cloud engineering, IT architecture, finance, project analysis, contracts, subcontracts, security, production, and other support functions.• Oversees project startup, change control, execution, and closeout activities while ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and performance baselines are well defined and maintained.• Coordinates and translates technical requirements into project plans, staffing strategies, milestones, decision packages, and contract deliverables, including status reports, CDRLs, risk updates, and SOW-aligned outputs.• Supports secure enterprise solution development across on-premises, cloud, hybrid-edge, virtualization, and converged or hyperconverged architectures.• Drives and supports Zero Trust, DevSecOps, automation, CI/CD-aligned modernization, and Agile execution practices based on engineering and customer requirements.• Ensures program alignment with applicable cybersecurity frameworks and standards, including DoD Cloud SRG, FedRAMP, CSfC, MILS, and Zero Trust principles.• Prepares and presents program briefs, technical strategy summaries, cost estimates, risks and issues, status updates, and decision materials to senior leadership and government stakeholders.• Collaborates with DoD agencies and customer cybersecurity organizations, including DISA, Authorizing Officials, and NSA stakeholders, to clarify requirements and achieve program objectives.• Conducts regular program and project reviews with senior leadership and customers to monitor performance, quality, cybersecurity posture, and customer satisfaction.• Provides leadership, coaching, workload alignment, and development support to program analysts and matrixed engineering personnel; promotes continuous improvement and high team performance.• Negotiates schedule, scope, resource, and priority trade-offs with internal teams, subcontractors, government partners, and other stakeholders.• Ensures projects are executed in accordance with safety, export, security, quality, and contractual requirements, and resolves and communicates project issues as appropriate.
This primary location for this position is Lexington Park MD, however Chesapeake VA or Spring Lake NC may be alternate work locations. The role is primarily office-based and requires the ability to travel to customer sites for meetings, site surveys, integration or installation oversight, testing events, and other project milestones.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills • Bachelor's degree in Business or Technical field and at least 6 years of related experience and Associate and 10 years of related experience• Demonstrated ability to manage cost, schedule, performance, risk, compliance, and contract deliverables for multiple concurrent projects• Experience leading multidisciplinary, matrixed cyber, software, network, cloud, systems administration, and architecture teams• Ability to develop and manage WBS elements, staffing plans, schedules, cost estimates, risk registers, status reports, and technical decision packages• Working knowledge of secure enterprise architectures and cyber/IT modernization approaches, including on-premises, cloud, hybrid-edge, virtualization, and converged environments• Ability to interpret technical cyber/IT requirements and integrate engineering recommendations into executable program schedules and strategies• Strong analytical problem-solving, organizational, negotiation, and decision-making skills in complex and ambiguous environments• Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitive program risks, technical dependencies, and stakeholder concerns and to influence outcomes across customer and internal organizations• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparation and delivery of executive-level briefs, status updates, risk summaries, and decision materials• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks, customers, and deadlines in a dynamic environment• Ability to travel to customer and project sites as required
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Master's degree in Program Management, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field• PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or Defense Acquisition University certification• Experience supporting CSfC, Zero Trust, MILS, hybrid cloud, edge, or enterprise modernization initiatives• Experience with Agile program execution, Scrum ceremonies, backlog refinement, continuous improvement, and Theory of Constraints principles• Familiarity with DoD Cloud SRG, FedRAMP, DISA processes, Authorizing Officials, NSA stakeholders, and customer cybersecurity organizations• Experience managing large, complex projects or medium-size programs with responsibility for team and budget oversight
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.
Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.